Thank you Patient_Poetry and ThotSlayerKaiYu for giving us a solution that actually works! Since I'm not as well versed in coding and all, I had to tinker around a lil bit.
Here's a more broken down step-by-step that worked for me:
- Download the ZIP from https://github.com/abaza121/clumsy-hotspot and extract it to a folder. I named my folder "ittakestwo" on my desktop.
- Download Zig 0.9.1 from https://ziglang.org/download/#release-0.9.1 and extract it to the same folder as Step 1.
- Download and install Windows Kit SDK 10.0.19041.0 from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/windows-sdk/downloads.
I have windows 11, but this install still worked.
- Open PowerShell as an admin and set up Zig PATH on windows by copy and pasting the following (insert the path where you extracted Zig from Step 2):
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable( "Path", [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "Machine") + ";C:\your-path\zig-windows-x86_64-your-version", "Machine" )
- Close PowerShell, open it again as admin, and navigate to the clumsy folder in Step 1 by entering:
cd C:\your-path\clumsy-hotspot-master
- Still in PowerShell, build the clumsy hot spot app by entering:
zig build
This will create a few files and folders.
- In Windows File Explorer, navigate to the new folder called "zig-out" and you should see an app called "clumsy".
- Open the clumsy app and follow OP's instructions for settings.
- Turn on Windows Mobile Hotspot and you're set!
Apologies for the weird formatting. It's not letting me put in code paragraphs.
